Cosmetic wash



UNITED STATES LEVI K. TEMPLETON, THOMAS B. REED, AND WILLIAM H. REED, OF NORTH PATENT OFFICE.

SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI.

COSMETIC WASH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 349,014, dated September 14, 1886,

Application filed March 2-1, 1855. Serial No. 159,957. (No specimens.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, LEVI K. TEMPLETON,

THOMAS B. REED, and WILLIAM H. REED,

citizens of the United States, residing at North Springfield, in the county of Greene and State of Missouri, have discovered a certain new and useful Cosmetic Lotion; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the discovery, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to compound and use the same.

This invention relates to an improved cosmetic lotion for topical application to the human body; and it has for its objects to pro duce a compound which, when-applied to'the part, will cleanse and disinfect the same and leave a cuticle in a healthy condition. These objects we attain as follows: YVe take rosewater, fifty-six fluid ounces; borax, one hundred and twenty grains; glycerine, fifty-six fluid ounces; carbolic acid, six fluid drams; water of ammonia, thirty-four fluid'ounces; alcoholic extract of wild olive, one fluid ounce; oil of cloves, one fluid dram.

The above-mentioned ingredients are mixed and compounded as follows: The borax is first dissolved in rosewater, forming a saturated solution. The glycerine, mixed with the oil of cloves, is then added, and the whole agitated until a homogeneous compound is pro duced. The oil of cloves is then mixed with the alcoholic extract and the mixture added, and the whole is agitated to securea thorough combination, after which the lotion is ready for use.

Having-thus described our invention, what We claim is- A cosmetic lotion consisting of rose-water, fifty-six ounces; borax, one hundred and twenty grains; glycerine, fifty-six ounces; carbolic acid, six drains; water of ammonia, twentyfour ounces; alcoholic extract of wild olive, one ounce, and oil of cloves, one dram, the

whole prepared and compounded substantial] y as and for the purposes specified.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

LEVI K. TEMPLETON. THOMAS B. REED. TVILLIAM H. REED.

Vi tn esses:

FRANK CLARK, S. A. HASELTINE. 

